And let's go ahead and, add just a little bit, extra gloss on mom's lips.…With the lower lip, I tend to kind of soften that, edge.…Unless you know if they're wearing make up,…they're really attenuating, or accentuating, excuse me, their lip.…I tend to kind of soften them a little.…Now, she has teeth, so we're going to be…dealing a bit with teeth in this particular subject.…So let's get in here a bit closer, and you've gotta get kind of small here.…

One of the things that, as I keep saying, we don't…want her to have as much sharpness as of the photograph.…So I tend to kind of soften edges a bit, and I'm going to come back and…delineate right in these areas of the, after I've sort of softened edges.…I'm also now going to kind…of get the whole tooth repainted, and I'm going to…come back and add some highlights to it as well.…Okay so now let's go to our airbrush,…and I'm going to grab a dark color right there.…

I'm going to reduce brush size, now that's a bit strong but I will soften it out.…But you just want to kind of play up the…

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8/29/2013

Transform a portrait or family photo into a piece of art worthy of framing, in this digital painting tutorial with artist John Derry. John shares his library of custom brushstrokes and years of experience with you, and shows how to combine the powers of Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter to convert your snapshots into art. Learn to adjust the tone of the original image; paint skin, eyes, and hair; minimize the background; and add subtle vignetting. Plus, John shows you how to bundle and submit your image to online services that will print your painting on canvas.

These techniques work with subjects of any age or skin tone, and are perfect for memorializing moments a photo can't quite do justice to.